Penn And Drake Relays Have Started *Drake Live Results/Start Lists/Schedule (Watch live & free 7:30 – 11 pm ET Fri, 3-5 Sat.) *Penn Live Results/Start Lists/Schedule (Watch live & free 12:30 – 3 pm ET Sat.)

• Drake: WR Holder Renaund Lavillenie Returns To Competition and Wins in 18-8 3/4 at Drake PV Mall CompetitionCuba’s Yarisley Silva won the women’s comp in a world lead of 15-4 1/4 (4.68m). *Video*Photo Gallery*Athlete Quotes
• Renaud Lavillenie is rewriting pole vaulting records and becoming track and field’s newest big star
• Inita McPherson Upsets Brigetta Barrett, Erik Kynard Takes Men’s High Jump in Hy-Vee Supermarket At Drake
• Stacked Pro Fields Set For Drake Relays: Brianna Rolins, Queen Harrison, Dawn Harper And Kellie Wells In 100HLolo Jones makes her return to the track in the shuttle hurdle relay and LaShawn Merritt and Kirani James go head-to-head in the 400.
• Lucey Wins Beautiful Bulldog Contest – Gets Time Magazine Feature
  *Drake Relays Meet Home

• Penn:The Best Preview Out There:Walt Murphy’s 2014 Penn Preview
• The casual fan’s complete guide to the 2014 Penn Relays
• Recommended: NY Times: Penn Relays – The meet that never stopped running The article includes a historical photo gallery of Jesse Owens, Roger Bannister, etc. *Photos
• Emily Lipari and Villanova eye more history at Penn Relays Last year, in the 4 x 800, Lipari stunned everyone by gunning down Laura Roesler. “Emily likes to win,” Procaccio said. “You put her in a position to win and she’ll get it done. That’s her M.O.”
• Penn Relays and Jamaica: A 50-year relationship
• Columbia, which got 5th indoors in DMR, is excited
• Press Conference Videos of Leading Coaches Scroll down.
• 5 Hours Of Track TV Coverage Saturday At Penn And Drake Relays On NBC Sports Drake is on from 7:30-11:0 pm ET on Fri. Watch USA vs. The World at the Penn Relays at 12:30pm ET on Sat. and then the Drake Relays from 3-5pm ET. Penn Relays US DMR has Leo Manzano, Brandon Johnson, David Torrence and Manteo Mitchell while AJ Wilson is on the SMR.

Johnny Gray Is Confident That Duane Solomon Will Break His 1:42.60 800 American Record This Year Solomon started out his season great running 1:43.88 at Mt. SAC.

• Saturday: Kenya World Relay Champs Trials Set For This Saturday In Nairobi
• May 4: Two-Time World Champ Abel Kirui Will Race Berlin 25K Against Paris Marathon Champ Peter Some And Afirca 10K Champ Kenneth Kipkemboi Kirui is happy with his comeback from the injury that kept him out of Moscow 2013 and talks about his racing plans for the summer and fall.
• May 11: Moses Mosop Faces Deep Field With Eight Sub-2:08 Men At Prague Marathon The field includes CR holder Eliud Kiptanui (2:05:39) and defending champ Nicholas Kipkemboi. The women are led by 2011 NYC Marathon champ Firehiwot Dado (2:23:15) and Flomena Chepchirchir (2:23:00).

The 118th Boston Marathon *Results*Tracking*Full Elite Fields*LRC Boston Photo Gallery

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LRCAmerican Strong: The Untold Story Of American Teamwork And How Ryan Hall Helped Meb Win Boston American Meb Keflezighi rightfully got the glory but his American competitors helped him out. The untold story of American Strong.

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LRC Dick Patrick – Meb Strong: How Meb Worked His Magic Once AgainMeb once again pulled it off, when very few thought he could. Dick Patrick tells us how the deserving champ did it.

• Meb Tweets Picture Of Him On Phone With President Obama Meb: “I have received many congratulatory calls, but I just received THE call from President.”
• Shalane Flanagan Vows To Return To Boston And Win
• Guy Who Got Himself On TV At Start Of Boston Marathon Finished 927thSeth Wold is a 2:22 marathoner who ran at the front for the first 2.5 miles.
• Ross Tucker Of Science Of The Sport: Boston Marathon 2014: Splits And Analysis Tucker explains how the chase pack executed “extraordinarily dumb racing” giving Meb a 1:21 head start over the final 12.2K.
• Elites React To Meb’s Boston Win On Twitter
• Another Party In The Rift Valley As Rita Jeptoo’s Hometown Celebrates Her Boston Win
• AP: Meb Keflezighi’s Story Captures “What The American Dream Is All About” Talking about what he was going to say to President Obama when he called, Meb said, “I’m going to say thank you for the opportunity that the land of the U.S. has given me.”
• AP: Meb’s Boston Win A Boost For Skechers’ Recognition And Credibility

• Updated DI Rankings: Oreogn Men Move Up Past FSU; Texas A&M Still On Top For The Women As Top 6 Remain Unchanged
• Laura Roesler And Dentarius Locke Are NCAA DI Athletes Of The Week Roesler moved to #8 on the all-time NCAA list with 2:00.54. Locke helped FSU with the ACC Championships by winning the 100, 4 x 100 and 3rd place in the 200 and 4 x 400.

Non-LRC Boston Coverage

• New  Yorker On Meb Winning: “Before the race started, I thought that there could be no greater tribute to the city and to the country than a victory by Meb.”
• Philip Hersh: “… It was impossible to watch the Boston Marathon without tears in your eyes and a lump in your throat.”
• 1983 Boston Marathon Runner-Up Ron Tabb Talks About Mentoring Meb Keflezighi When He Was A Kid He says Meb always used to want to be a miler.
• NY Times: 3 Years Ago Meb Lost His Nike Sponsorship And “His Best Running Days Were Probably Behind Him”
• 4 Boston Marathon Runners Carry Collapsed Runner Across Finish Line
• RW: Notable Runners At Boston Marathon: How They FaredJoan Benoit Samuelson ran 2:52:10, Mary Wittenberg 3:32:33, former Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi 4:47:49.
• Meb Wore Names Of Bombing Victims On Corners Of His Bib
• AP: In Show Of Defiance, 32,000 Run Boston Marathon
• IAAF Recap

Better Extremely, Ridiculously Late Than Never:Uganda Athletics Federation Suspends Coach Peter Wemali In Wake Of Sexual Abuse Allegations

Weekend Track Results – Results: *Mt. SAC*Oregon Relays*ACC

• Mt. SAC: Duane Solomon Opens With 1:43.88 At Mt. SAC Results and MBoard thread. Super-impressive. Erik Sowinski 1:44.58. Friday distance highlights here. *Full Results
• IAAF’s Highlights From Mt. SAC And Other International Weekend Track Action
• Laura Roesler Wins 800 In 2:00.54, Beating Geena Lara (Gall) And Maggie Vessey Oregon’s Phyllis Francis won the 400 in 51.57, beating pros DeeDee Trotter and Lashinda Demus.
• High Schooler Elise Cranny Runs 2:04.81 In Elite 800 
• Ashton Eaton Finishes 4th In His 400 Hurdles Debut With 50.01Natasha Hastings won the 200 in 22.71, beating out Bianca Knight and Blessing Okagbare.

• Oregon Relays: LRC5k a Waste Of Time For Fans As King Cheserek And Eric Jenkins Tie In Oregon Debut, Centro Opens In 3:41, Efraimson Runs 2:09The big 5k matchup was a dud. *Full Results
  
• Ken Goe Admits Oregon Relays Was “More about the participants than the spectators.”
• Alexa Efraimson Anchors Camas HS DMR Team With A 4:44 To Help Them Set A Washington State Record (11:54.19) She came back the next day to win the 800 in 2:09.36.

• ACC Champs: Florida State Men And Women Sweep ACC Titles North Carolina was a close second for the men, losing by 3 points. Notre Dame women were also second. *Results

Update On Sierra Leone’s London Marathon 20th Placer Mamie Konneh Lahun, Who Went Missing Afterwards It has come out that she deliberately disappeared after the race to stay in the UK, but she has called her teammate saying that she plans on returning to Sierra Leone.

LRC Mt. SAC 5k: Jordan Hasay Goes For It, Abbey D’Agostino Outkicks Her, But Sweden’s Meraf Bahta Wins Abbey-Hasay-Brenda Matchup In the end, Abbey D was only 3rd, Jordan Hasay 6th, and Brenda Martinez 8th, but there was a lot of drama getting there as Jordan showed no fear once again, Abbey outkicked her, but the internationals came out on top. Jordan did set a PR. In other action, Matt Hughes won the steeple and Kennedy Kithuka the 5k. *Results

• Princeton:He’s back!!?? Robby Andrews over Donn Cabral 3:42 baby!!!
• Oregon:Kate Grace’s 2:04:52 Wins Oregon Relays 800 Over Anne Kesselring
• ACC Champs: Friday Recap: Florida State Men And Women Lead The Team Scores FSU’s Colleen Quigley (10:09) and Virginia’s Kyle King win steeples. Duke’s Juliet Bottorff (32:53) and Syracuse’s Martin Hehir (29:10) win 10Ks.
• Get Well:Legendary UH Coach Tom Tellez Recuperating After Car Accident